1959 Individual Speedway World Championship

14th edition of the World motorcycle speedway championship December 2023 December 2023 1959 Individual Speedway World Championship 1958 1960 The 1959 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 14th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.Oakes Peter 1981 Speedway Yearbook 1981 20–21 Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd 0-86215-017-5http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/world-speedway-championships.html World Championship 1936-1994 Edinburgh Speedway 5 July 2021https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/worldchamps1936to94.pdf WORLD FINALS 1936-1994 Speedway Researcher 5 July 2021http://www.speedway.org/history/ HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK Speedway.org 5 July 2021https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/board/89/world Speedway riders, history and results wwosbackup 5 July 2021https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX British Speedway 5 July 2021 The event was sponsored by the Sunday Pictorial.Craven can crown it Sunday Pictorial 13 September 1959 6 July 2021 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000844/19590913/212/0027 British Newspaper Archive subscription New Zealand continued their recent domination as Ronnie Moore won his second titlehttps://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000566/19590920/132/0034 Speedway Champion Sunday Post 20 September 1959 British Newspaper Archive subscription 27 August 2024 with a 15-point maximum and New Zealand won their fourth title in six years. Ove Fundin finished second and defending champion Barry Briggs, returning from retirement won the bronze medal ride off.Ronnie Moore wins speedway title Sunday Independent Dublin 20 September 1959 6 July 2021 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002324/19590920/258/0014 British Newspaper Archive subscription First Round Qualification results.https://dlprezes.pl.tl/59_World-Speedway-Championship-_-1959.htm 1959 World Championship Metal Speedway 18 January 2024http://www.speedway.org/history/59.htm#1959 1959 World Championship Speedway.org 18 January 2024 Norwegian round 25 June 1958 NOR Dælenenga idrettspark, Oslo Top 6 (+1 seeded) to Nordic qualification 1959 Pos. Rider Points1 Aage Hansen152 Nils Paulsen143 Reidar Kristoffersen134 Rolf Westerberg 125 Roger Steen 116 Sverre Harrfeldt117 Tore Svaleng98 Arne Kristiansen 79 Kjell Bergh 510 Haavard Gulbjornsrud511 Oddvar Kristiansen 512 Oystein Mellerud 413 Thorbjorn Nygaard 314 Per Aulie 315 Tore Melbye 216 Egil H. Kruke 1 Finnish round 5 October 1958 FIN Turku Hippodrome, Turku Top 8 to Nordic qualification 1959 Pos. Rider Points1 Antti Pajari 152 Timo Laine 143 Kauko Jousanen 134 Aulis Tuominen 125 Olavi Turunen 116 Kalevi Lahtinen 107 Antero Salasto 98 Pertti Mikkola 69 Esko Koponen 610 Raimo Kivinen 411 Turkka Silvan 312 Veikko Kirjonen 313 Heikki Sorri 314 Valle Seliverstov 315 Lasse Mylari 316 Reino Niemi 117 Martti Assinen (res) 118 Pertti Petersohn (res) 0 Swedish round 3 May 1959 SWE Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda Top 6 to Nordic qualification, 2 to Continental quarterfinal Pos. Rider Points1 Arne Carlsson 152 Björn Knutson 133 Joel Jansson 124 Rune Sörmander 115 Åke Andersson 96 Alf Jonsson 97 Thorvald Karlsson 98 Allan Nilsson 99 Göran Carlsson 810 Bengt Brannefors 711 Evert Andersson 512 Per-Tage Svensson 513 Bengt Fransson 314 Olle Segerström 315 Inge Gustavsson 216 Olle Andersson 017 Gösta Edvardsson 03 May 1959 SWE Hammarby IP, Stockholm Top 8 to Nordic qualification Pos. Rider Points1 Ulf Ericsson 122 Birger Forsberg 123 Göran Norlén 124 Bernt Nilsson 125 Bengt Eriksson 106 Stig Pramberg 107 Olle Nygren 98 Göte Nordin 89 Kjell Wårenius 810 Curt Nyqvist611 Kjell Lutteman 412 Bert Lindarw 413 Bertil Stridh 314 Hans Hallberg 315 Curt Eldh 316 Sune Karlsson 117 Sven-Gunnar Karlstén 1 Continental quarter-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 31 MayPOL Municipal Stadium, Ostrów Joachim Maj Janusz Koscielak Mieczysław Połukard 31 MayFRG Niederrheinstadion, Oberhausen Björn Knutson Florian Kapała Konstanty Pociejkewicz 31 MayTCH Pavlovičky Stadion, Liberec Stefan Kwoczala Luboš Tomíček Sr. Richard Janicek 31 MayYUG Stražišče Sports Park, Kranj Miloslav Špinka Marian Phillip Karel Průša Second round Nordic qualification 24 May 1959 FIN Helsinki Velodrome, Helsinki Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points1 Bernt Nilsson 152 Ulf Ericsson 143 Olle Nygren 134 Göran Norlén 115 Birger Forsberg 116 Kjell Lutteman 97 Kalevi Lahtinen 88 Aulis Tuominen 89 Kauko Jousanen 810 Timo Laine 711 Curt Nyqvist 612 Nils Paulsen 413 Bert Lindarw 414 Esko Koponen 215 Antero Salasto 116 Pertti Mikkola 017 Torbjörn Nygaard 024 May 1959 DEN Selskov Stadium, Hillerød Top 6 to Nordic qualification Pos. Rider Points1 Rune Sörmander 142 Arne Carlsson 123 Aage Hansen 114 Åke Andersson 115 Allan Nilsson 106 Alf Jonsson 107 Arne Pander 98 Thorvald Karlsson 99 Poul Hansen 810 Kurt W Petersen 611 Rolf Westerberg 512 Erik Kastebo 413 Roger Steen 414 Sverre Harrfeldt 315 Roger Hansen 216 Arne Kristiansen 1 Continental semi-final 14 June 1959 TCH Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 Luboš Tomíček Sr. 132 Mieczyslaw Polukard 133 Stanislav Svoboda 104 Richard Janicek 105 Bohumír Bartoněk 106 Stefan Kwoczała 107 Jaroslav Machac 98 Frantisek Irmis 99 Joachim Maj 710 Stefan Kepa 711 Stanislaw Tkocz 712 Jan Malinowski 613 Henryk Zyto 514 Bohumil Rendek 215 Jan Koscielak 116 Bronislaw Rogal 115 June 1959 AUT Wiener Stadion, Vienna Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 Konstanty Pociejkewicz 132 Florian Kapala 133 Björn Knutson 114 Pawel Mirowski 115 Josef Hofmeister 106 Josef Bössner 97 Miloslav Špinka 98 Zdeněk Dominik 79 Karel Průša510 Joel Jansson 511 Alfred Aberl 412 Jan Kolber 413 Göran Carlsson 414 Josef Kamper (res) 415 Marian Phillip 316 Josip Klemencic 217 Franz Schenk 218 Otto Holoubek (res) 0 Third round Ove Fundin - seeded to European Final British & Commonwealth Qualifying Top 32 riders based on points accumulated progress to British semi-final DateVenueWinner2nd3rd29 June Wimbledon Stadium Ron How George WhiteRonnie Moore2 July Oxford Stadium Jack Geran Neil StreetBrian Hanham4 July Hyde Road Ron Johnston Ken McKinlay Peter Craven4 July The Firs Stadium Mike BroadbankGeoff Mardon Bob Duckworth7 July Banister Court StadiumBrian Crutcher Peter Moore Ron Mountford10 July Leicester Stadium Ken McKinlay Peter Craven Ron Johnston11 July Brandon Stadium Brian CrutcherRon Mountford Geoff Mardon11 July Abbey Stadium Mike Broadbank Les McGillivray Nigel Boocock23 July Wimborne Road Ronnie MooreRon How Jack Unstead Nordic Final 31 May 1959 FIN Turku Speedway track, Turku First 9 to European Final Pos. Rider Total1 SWE Rune Sörmander 14+32 NOR Aage Hansen 14+23 SWE Arne Carlsson 124 SWE Ole Andersson 115 SWE Olle Nygren 96 SWE Alf Jonsson 97 FIN Kalevi Lahtinen 98 SWE Ulf Ericsson 89 SWE Thorvald Karlsson 710 FIN Timo Laine 611 SWE Göran Norlén 612 SWE Birger Forsberg 413 SWE Bernt Nilsson 414 FIN Aulis Lehtonen 315 FIN Antti Pajari 216 FIN Turka Sivari 117 SWE Kjell Lutteman 018 FIN Aulis Tuominen dnr19 SWE Allan Nillson dnr Continental Final 21 June 1959 FRG BBM Stadium, Munich First 6 to European Final 1 14 FRG Josef Hofmeister 3 3 3 3 3 15 2 2 SWE Björn Knutson 3 2 3 2 3 13 3 13 POL Mieczysław Połukard 2 2 3 3 3 13 4 9 POL Florian Kapała 3 3 3 2 E 11 5 1 POL Konstanty Pociejkewicz 2 1 2 2 3 10 6 5 CSK Luboš Tomíček Sr. 3 0 1 3 2 9 7 16 POL Joachim Maj 1 3 3 1 F 8 8 15 AUT Josef Bössner 0 2 2 2 2 8 9 11 CSK Jaroslav Machač 2 3 0 1 1 7 10 3 CSK Bohumír Bartoněk 1 1 2 2 1 7 11 6 POL Pawel Mirowski 0 1 1 1 2 5 12 4 CSK Miloslav Špinka 0 2 2 0 0 4 13 8 CSK Zdeněk Dominik 2 1 1 0 0 4 14 10 CSK Richard Janicek 1 0 1 1 1 4 15 7 CSK Stanislav Svoboda 1 0 0 1 0 2 16 12 CSK František Irmis 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 DDR Alfred Aberl Fourth round Barry Briggs - seeded to World Final British & Commonwealth Semi finals Top 9 riders based on points accumulated over two rides would progress to World final DateVenueWinner2nd3rd10 August Wimbledon Stadium Brian Crutcher Ken McKinlay Geoff Mardon11 August Banister Court Stadium Ronnie Moore Cyril Roger Neil Street15 August Hyde Road Ron How Peter Moore Nigel Boocock15 August The Firs Stadium Peter Craven Brian Crutcher George White Pos. Rider Points1 AUS Peter Moore 272 ENG Peter Craven 263 ENG Brian Crutcher 264 NZL Ronnie Moore 255 NZL Geoff Mardon 246 ENG Ron How 237 ENG George White 238 ENG Cyril Roger 219 AUS Aub Lawson 2010 SCO Ken McKinlay 2011 ENG Nigel Boocock 2012 AUS Neil Street 1813 ENG Arthur Wight 1614 ENG Gerry Jackson 1615 AUS Jack Geran 1516 NZL Ron Johnston 15Pos. Rider Points17 NZL Bob Duckworth 1418 ENG Mike Broadbank 1319 ENG Ron Mountford 1220 WAL Ian Williams 1221 AUS Chum Taylor 1122 ENG Jack Unstead 1123 AUS Ray Cresp 824 SCO Gordon McGregor 825 ENG Bob Andrews 726 ENG Charlie Barsby 727 ENG Les McGillivray628 ENG Ronnie Genz 630 ENG Les Owen 631 ENG Alf Hagon 532 ENG Dick Bradley 433 ENG Cyril Maidment 1 European Final 17 July 1959 SWE Ullevi, Gothenburg First 6 to World final plus 1 reserve Pos. Rider Total1 SWE(12) Ove Fundin 143,2,3,3,32 FRG(4) Josef Hofmeister 132,3,2,3,33 POL(3) Mieczysław Połukard 123,3,2,2,24 SWE(16) Rune Sörmander 112,1,3,3,25 SWE(13) Olle Nygren 103,2,3,2,06 SWE(8) Arne Carlsson 93,0,3,3,t7 POL(9) Florian Kapała 92,3,1,0,38 SWE(15) Björn Knutson 70,1,1,2,39 NOR(14) Aage Hansen 71,3,0,2,110 POL(11) Konstanty Pociejkewicz 61,2,2,1,011 CSK(5) Luboš Tomíček Sr. 6f,1,2,1,212 SWE(6) Alf Jonsson 5f,2,1,1,113 FIN(10) Kalevi Lahtinen 40,1,1,0,214 CSK(7) Miloslav Špinka 32,0,0,1,015 SWE(1) Åke Andersson 21,0,0,0,116 CSK(2) Bohumír Bartoněk 10,0,0,0,1R1 SWE(17) Ulf Ericsson -dnrR2 SWE(18) Thorvald Karlsson -dnr World Final 19 September 1959 ENG Wembley Stadium, LondonBamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. 0-7524-2402-5 P1 13 NZL Ronnie Moore 3 3 3 3 3 15 P2 14 SWE Ove Fundin 2 2 3 3 3 13 P3 10 NZL Barry Briggs 3 1 1 3 3 11+3 4 16 SWE Olle Nygren 1 2 3 2 3 11+2 5 6 AUS Aub Lawson 3 3 2 2 1 11+1 6 3 ENG Brian Crutcher 3 2 2 1 2 10 7 11 SWE Arne Carlsson 2 3 1 1 1 8 8 7 ENG Peter Craven 0 1 2 2 2 7 9 2 ENG George White 1 0 3 2 1 7 10 4 NZL Geoff Mardon 2 3 0 1 6 E 11 5 SWE Rune Sörmander 2 1 1 0 2 6 12 1 POL Mieczysław Połukard 0 2 0 1 2 5 13 9 FRG Josef Hofmeister 0 1 3 E F 4 14 8 ENG Ron How 1 1 1 E E 3 15 12 NZL Peter Moore 1 0 2 0 0 3 16 15 ENG Cyril Roger 0 0 0 0 0 0 R1 R1 SCO Ken McKinlay 0 R2 R2 POL Florian Kapała 0 References 1959 Individual World Championship Individual Speedway World Championship Individual Speedway World Championship Category:Speedway competitions in the United Kingdom